NEW DELHI: Grappling with the mammoth task of cleaning the Ganga, the water resources ministry has flagged how "heavy abstraction" of water has become a key concern in its efforts to rejuvenate the
With the Union cabinet last week deciding to establish a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to speed up the ongoing clean Ganga mission, the Centre will soon set up a company for implementation of river
The thriving big cat population at the Jim Corbett National Park might be a show piece for successful conservation, but the famous wild life sanctuary's tigers and leopards might be at risk from ca
Moving towards stricter emission norms to minimise pollution, the Union environment ministry has notified revised norms of emission standards for coal-based thermal power plants in the country and
PARIS: Civil society groups and green think-tanks from South Asia did not appear too enthused with the Paris agreement which, they said, was not ambitious enough to save the world from disastrous c
PARIS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday welcomed the climate change agreement as the victory of "climate justice" and said there were no winners or losers even as environment minister Prakash
The French presidency of the COP21 (21st conference of parties) on Thursday night came out with a new and slightly shorter version of the draft text of the Paris agreement.
PARIS: Negotiators huddled through Wednesday night and most of Thursday, racing against the clock to resolve key differences between the rich and developing nations in an attempt to stitch together
